Tuesday: typing

Tonight Isaac got some typing practice in.  Hopefully it was a good story.  It looks like it was a serious tale.

Monday: theme day - stripes

Today we talked about stripes.

With a very short foray into camouflage.

Here you can see that not only are we both wearing striped shirts, we have striped socks.

Then we fertilized the lawn in stripes.  Hopefully.

And Ben joined in on the fun too!  (And, in case you're wondering, that is my third pair of pants for the day. The blue jeans got wet while fertilizing.  My brown pants split...and there is no repairing them.  I'm really sad, but they've been with me for a while now.  I haven't worn these green jeans in a while, but I was running out of pants since it was wash day.  They're really comfortable; I'm not sure why I haven't worn them.)

Cowboys and Aliens

Last night Ben and I watched Cowboys and Aliens (or Cowboys vs Aliens?) and had some chocolate fondue.  The fondue was excellent.  The movie was not.  We were expecting something funny or at least a light-hearted action flick.  Instead it was depressing with some really dumb contradictions.  (Like a gun not killing an alien but hitting it with a spear did.)

I would not recommend it.

Saturday: weed wacking

Today I had another first; I weed wacked.  It wasn't really as fun as I was expecting it to be.  It was fun to mow down the tall weeds, but the thing was rather heavy and vibrated a lot.  However, everything is looking a lot better now.

Isaac went the whole day without wearing a bib!  Usually I forget to put one on him while getting him dressed and remember when the drool is coming down, but I didn't really see much drool today.  I would be very happy if this continued...the bibs cover up all the cute shirts!

Friday: 5 months (22 weeks)

Yesterday I realized that I had completely missed Isaac's 5-month birthday.  I had been planning on waiting until to take his pictures anyway, but was surprised that it still didn't click on the right day.

He took the "A" out of the puzzle all by himself.  I was so proud.

Yesterday he also started trying to turn on his side in the swing.  We will probably have to buckle him in soon.

Thursday: sleep

Well, to start with, Isaac has the ability to sleep well in his crib.  Monday night was great!  Tuesday night was good.  Last night...not so good.  And the pacifier is starting to require more than just sticking it back in his mouth...it takes a minute or two before he calms down.

Then he went down for his morning nap and I crawled back in bed.  And he woke up 20 minutes later.  The same thing happened several times during the morning.  He did finally take a good nap in the afternoon though.  And since I wasn't sleeping I got a lot accomplished.

I had another first today...I bought a salad spinner for when our lettuce gets big enough to eat.  I put it through the dishwasher and then used the spinning feature to help dry it.  I thought that was pretty clever.  And if that doesn't make sense it's because I'm rather tired and trying to decide whether to shower now or wait until after Isaac eats.  Which could be any minute.  Or it could be many minutes.

Wednesday: a first

Today I had a first.  I used my steamer.

I got the steamer as a wedding gift.  (It was not on the registry. :)  )  My mom never steamed vegetables in anything that looked like this, so I thought it was something to make spaghetti.  I hope I didn't say anything out loud.

I was steaming cauliflower.  The amount that I needed seemed pitifully small for the container.

Also new was the green onion.  I've never bought any of them before.  I went to the farmer's market with Cheryl and Allison today.  It was a little cool at first, but the sun came up and it warmed up.

I made twice-baked potatoes.  Ben was a great sport and tried them even though they had cauliflower.  He didn't love them, but didn't hate them either.  I liked them.  Ben also grilled steaks for the first time on the grill.

Isaac just looked longingly at the food.  He didn't nap well at all during the day, so he got an extra special evening nap.  It did make food prep easier.